RE: update on my engine

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

No thank you card necessary, this message, and others to follow (you
better keep us up to date!) are plenty! I hope it all goes OK.

Ian Duff, 1990 Coupe Quattro 20v, Red/Black

Home: New Bedford, MA, USA
Work: Charter Systems, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA

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>From: 	Dan Simoes[SMTP:dans@ans.net]
>Sent: 	Sunday, 21 July, 1996 1:28 PM
>To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	update on my engine
>
>Well, I spent the day yesterday at my mechanic's
>house, pulling the old engine and installing the new
>one.  Only problems were:
>
>- engine had 2 broken a/c compressor mounts (right behind the
>tb cover).  Should be no big deal
>- PAP sent wrong pressure plate, had to buy locally
>- TPS and a couple of sensors appear to be different, so
>my mechanic will have to play with the wiring a bit.
>
>Surprisingly, there were quite a few differences between motors.
>Mount brakets were different, a few different sensors not on mine.
>The engine code of the new one is a JT.  I can't read the old
>one either due to age or someone filed it off.  I think we both
>suspect that this was not the original engine in my car.
>Oh well!
>
>Hopefully it will together tomorrow, he will drive it for the
>rest of the week, and when I return from Florida next Sat
>it should be ready.  Then, all I have to do is take pictures 
>and write a bunch of thank you cards!  :)
>
>| Dan |
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